23 people reveal the most horrifying bridezilla moments they've ever seen — and they'll make you want to stay single

There's no getting around it: weddings can be really stressful, especially for a bride. And although no one would blame them for getting a little upset, some exceed the acceptable amount of anger and turn into total bridezillas.

"The bride threw an actual, honest-to-god tantrum."

"It was a stinking hot, humid day, and nobody wanted to be outside for the outdoor wedding. We were doing wedding party photos, and everyone was dripping in sweat and about to pass out, so we decided to finish the rest of the pics in a nice shady spot. The bride threw an actual, honest-to-god tantrum because she wanted to make the party hike all the way across the venue grounds to get shots in front of a full-sun pond. None of her bridesmaids wanted to do the 10-minute walk in their heels and it would have been a terrible spot for photos, which we mentioned.

She pouted her way through the rest and they divorced a year later." - Redditor Nadia61

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"His wife apparently laughed in her face."

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"Not my experience, but a former coworker of mine.

He and his wife went to a wedding in Hawaii and took a full two weeks of vacation to do so (they arrived two days before the wedding which was on a Saturday). They figured that if they were going to Hawaii for this wedding, they'd make it worth their while and take a full vacation as well. Apparently they were the only couple that elected to do that (or at least admit to it and discuss their plans). And the bride lost her s--- about it.

'THIS IS MY WEDDING! WHY IS IT JUST A FOOTNOTE FOR YOUR VACATION NOW?!'

His wife apparently laughed in her face and told her to call if she decided to grow up about it. To her credit, the bride did call later to apologize profusely for her outburst. Nerves I guess." - Redditor syriquez

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"The bride discovered this only after their beer and wine ran out one hour into the reception."

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"We showed up to an outdoor wedding in early March and it was freezing. There was food ... but it was cold. There were no chairs. There were tables with chairs under a pavilion but they were reserved for family and wedding party only.

The games that were supposed to entertain guests broke during the very first game played ... corn hole corn EVERYWHERE. The groomsmen were cold and tired of standing, so they invited a large percentage of guests to their 'getting ready suite' which had couches and a pool table.

The bride discovered this only after their beer and wine ran out one hour into the reception. Cue [a] screaming match in the middle of everyone. The groomsmen liquored the groom up and he danced the last song before passing out behind the DJ, while the bride took tear-stained selfies with her bridesmaids." - Redditor schlahdeedah

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"She told me to send my assistant to the funeral, and that I had better be at her wedding."

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"Coordinator here. We had a death in the family (6-month-old baby) a few days prior to a wedding. I called the bride and told her the situation, and said than my assistant would be stepping in for me so that I could attend the funeral.

She told me to send my assistant to the funeral and that I had better be at her wedding. I told her I would be sending her a refund and that no one would be coming." - Redditor Imabigdiva

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"Apparently it didn't match the dress."

"At a wedding I went to, the bride replaced a bridesmaid of hers at the last minute because she dyed her hair a slightly-lighter brown the night before. Apparently it didn't match the dress, which was bright pink." - Redditor boredlike

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"By the way, she's divorced from millionaires and has plenty of cash."

"My father is one of eight, and has four sisters. My grandfather, who worked hard all his life and has been retired and living on his pension for 20 years now, paid for the weddings of each of his girls.

My aunt flipped her s--- when he said he couldn't pay for her third marriage (to a guy she'd known for six months) if she wanted an island wedding. He was cool with paying for a small wedding in their hometown, but he simply couldn't afford to give her the all-inclusive 'dream wedding' she wanted. By the way, she's divorced from millionaires and has plenty of cash, but feels her 90-year-old father should pay for a 300-person wedding in the Bahamas so she can afford a beach house.

She responded to that offer by calling him a stingy old a------ and saying that she was glad my grandmother died young, so she didn't have to see her husband become a 'greedy b------.'

So finally, with the support of the rest of the family, my grandfather told her to f--- off and pay for her own wedding.

This all went down about five years ago, and the aunt hasn't contacted anyone but my other aunt since. Apparently she divorced the third husband and 'retired,' at the age of 45, to a condo in Florida. She's living off the settlements from the divorces." - anonymous Redditor

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"I apologetically explained to her that I couldn't be there because it would literally be the end of my career."

"I work in an industry with a busy season such that you cannot get time off toward the end, except in life or death situations. When my wife's sister let us know (three months in advance) that she was getting married just after the busy season, I told her that I was glad it was then because if it had been even three days earlier I couldn't attend, due to the time it would take to travel the 900 miles to be there. The next day she called us and told us that they'd moved the wedding to two weeks earlier.

Well, I apologetically explained to her that I couldn't be there because it would literally be the end of my career. She didn't listen to a word I said, and tried to guilt trip me into going. Despite them knowing I wouldn't attend in this situation even before they changed the date of the wedding, I would get phone calls every other day with either my sister-in-law or mother-in-law yelling and screaming at me because I was going to ruin the wedding by not being there.

My wife went to the wedding. I ate a pizza. It was friggin' delicious." - anonymous Redditor

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"She came running out saying that we needed to move the tent three feet."

"I use to work for a tent company and we would set up for weddings. One in particular comes to mind.

It was 95 degrees out, middle of July, and we were all suffering. This was a large wedding, with a large tent, stage, dance floor, tables, chairs, plates, silverware, lights, ect.

We arrived at her parent's house at 7 a.m. She was all nice and calm, said that she would buy us all lunch (six or seven guys) at around noon to thank us for our hard work. She also said that she would bring us water since it was so hot out and we could tap into the keg when we were done. Great deal right?

Wrong. About noon we had gotten the tent up, the lighting done, the stage and dance floor partially set up. She came running out saying that we needed to move the tent three feet. Yes, we needed to move the 240' by 60' tent 3 feet. My initial response was, 'are you kidding me?' She wasn't.

After talking it over with her we decided to move the tent (we had to, the customer is always right even when they say 'This is where I want the tent to go,' we put it up and she changes her mind). We take it down, move the tent three feet and put it back up. It is now pushing 8 p.m. Still no water, lunch or dinner. 10 p.m. rolls around and we are unloading tables. She comes storming out saying, 'You are making too much noise!!! BE QUIET.'

One guy I worked with asked, 'Can we please get some water now? We drank all of the water that we brought.'

She goes, 'Umm ... The hose is around back, take some but not too much, water is expensive.'

"Some people started to leave because they were expecting to be fed and didn't want to stay."

"When we went into the reception, we were expecting a buffet or something to be set up, but there was nothing. Later we found out that there was no food for the 120 guests, but rather a cheese spread, fruit platter, and vegetables with dip.

After an hour, people were really hungry and some people started to leave because they were expecting to be fed and didn't want to stay.

When the bride found out, she ran across the room in her dress and blocked the doors, screaming about how everyone is ruining her wedding and screaming, 'Bride's Day, Bride's Way!' It was such a scene that her father had to peel her off the door (don't know where the husband was, probably cowering) and people who didn't know her that well all left.

I heard through the grapevine that she was inconsolable the entire night, got trashed and threw up (hopefully on her dress, but not sure).

"My aunt wouldn't budge until my grandmother eventually begged her to for the sake of the wedding."

"My auntie was 38 when she got married: She was the eldest of two sisters (her sister was my mom; my mum got married when she was 22 to my dad) so she'd waited a long time for a guy to marry her.

My sister was one of her bridesmaids. During a practice at the church, my aunt shouted at my sister for walking out of time. My sister was only seven at the time and to have a seriously stressed bridezilla in her face because she didn't put her foot in the right place at the right time was terrifying.

She burst into tears and, according to my mom, my aunt said, 'Oh and NOW she's crying. Can you remind me how old you are?!' My mom was furious with her, my aunt is stubborn so for a few weeks my mom told my aunt to find a new bridesmaid. My aunt wouldn't budge until my grandmother eventually begged her to for the sake of the wedding.

Even now my sister isn't fond of my aunt. My aunt is still extremely stressy, she has a young daughter of her own now who she treats like a queen. If anything happens to her, she turns into the Hulk." - Redditor omneatlas

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"My brother ended up having six people at his wedding."

"My brother's first wife wouldn't allow any of our family that she hadn't met into the wedding. Now, we've got a good size-family, so this would mean things like inviting one cousin that she'd met, but not their parents or siblings that lived out of town, etc. We offered to hold an engagement party so she could get to know some of our out-of-towners, but she declined, saying she didn't want to feel obligated to invite these new family members that she'd only met once and didn't know very well.

In the end, we decided to go with immediate family only: We figured it would be less awkward and rude than to pick-and-choose between family. My brother ended up having six people at his wedding, along with around 65 from the bride's side." - Redditor Gipperfish

"Brides sometimes don't think rationally."

"A bride once called having a melt-down because her friend got engaged as well, and was planning to get married in the same year as she was ... Apparently it was her special year and not just a day.

She threw a huge fit that this girl was only getting married to 'steal her thunder.' Her friend's date wasn't even in the same month or season. Her's was in October and her friend's was in June." - Redditor sillykitty1990

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"She narrowed her eyes and told me she thought I had a problem with the truth."

"My worst bride was an ivy-league-educated shrink. She tried to play head games with absolutely everyone involved in the planning of the wedding. Frequently had fits. She and I butted heads because she wanted a carpet running straight from the bottom of the stairs to the doors of the chapel. I told her it wasn't possible (they didn't line up). She kept on asking me if I was sure, even after I showed her exactly what I meant. She narrowed her eyes and told me she thought I had a problem with the truth.

She was very controlling with the groom as well. I remembered their names and looked them up on Facebook a while back. They're divorced and he appears to be happily remarried." - Redditor cfvh

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"The bride called her with a response along the lines of 'Good, well now you can be back in the wedding.'"

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"I knew a woman who was a bridesmaid in a relative's wedding. She was married and had been trying to get pregnant for a while. Finally, she and her hubby got lucky and she conceived.

The bridezilla got furious, and kicked her out of the wedding because she would be pregnant in the pictures. Three months later, sadly, the woman miscarried. The bride called her with a response along the lines of 'Good, well now you can be back in the wedding.'

"She never told me where it was, even though I kept asking."

"I had this client book me two weeks before the actual wedding. I regret taking it to this day.

She had no transportation planned to take her home at the end of the night. I asked her repeatedly what her plan was, and she told me she just wouldn't drink and planned to drive to her honeymoon spot.

Fast forward two weeks. A massive tornado just went through the D.C./VA/MD area the day before her wedding and power lines and trees were blocking every entrance to the highway to her wedding in the boonies of Maryland. I got up early to deal with the issues at the venue, like no electricity on a 100 degree day. I get a call from her around 6 a.m. saying she realized she needs transportation now. Fine, I'll find it.

One last question, 'Where is this mystery honeymoon spot?' ... 'Oh, hours away in West Virginia.' I call every D.C. and Maryland-based limo company and beg them to find someone to drive into the Maryland countryside at 11 p.m. and then take them to West Virginia. Finally someone relented, and I called the bride to tell her the price. Complete. F------. Meltdown. Well guess what, you request that at the last minute, you're going to pay whatever they want to charge you.

The wedding itself was a complete s-------. As it was 100 degrees and blazing July sun, the original unshaded area was going to be terrible for the ceremony. I suggested we move it for her comfort and the comfort of her guests to the beautiful area with a centuries old tree. She refused, but as guests arrived they did nothing but complain. I decided to say f--- it and moved the ceremony to make everyone happy.

To top it all off, I got heat stroke and my poor assistant had to drive us home at midnight." - Redditor MorallyCorruptBae

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"A bride strides into a gorgeous rented chapel four hours early ..."

This bride got a little antsy.
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"Last weekend a bride strode into a gorgeous rented chapel four hours early, while 30 ppl are praying, in her super short makeup robe, and freaked out because one table was not set up at that moment.

She picked up a chair in front of everyone and threw it at a trash can. Yep." - anonymous Redditor

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"Not much of a selection in white."

"My cousin married a vapid idiot. The night before the wedding at the rehearsal she figured out the flower girl had the same shoes as her, in a much smaller size. She flipped her s--- at 9 p.m. and made the mother of the flower girl buy different shoes for her before the ceremony. That's what happens when you buy your shoes from Payless. Not much of a selection in white." - Redditor KMKPF

"My sister forbade us from going through the room."

"At my sister's wedding, part of the the reception was held indoors, in an area that isn't wheelchair accessible.

My disabled wife and I had to miss out on that part of it. We found out about it on the day, minutes before that part of the wedding was due to start. A little while after, we realize that, actually, there is a way to get into the area, we just need to go through an inside room which had been set up with tables for dinner.

I found my sister and asked them to ask the staff to let us through. Sister forbade us from going through the room, saying she didn't want anyone going into it until it was dinnertime, essentially leaving my wife and I sitting alone outside, while she and her friends had a chocolate fountain & open bar. I came about THIS close to giving her a loud piece of my mind and bailing on the wedding." - Redditor kahlzun

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"Two of them couldn't make it on the day she picked."

"I'm not a wedding planner but my friend is getting married soon. She planned this huge wedding with eight bridesmaids/groomsmen. When she tried to arrange for the bridesmaids to get together and pick out bridesmaids dresses two of them couldn't make it on the day she picked.

She was so upset that they couldn't come on that particular day that she sent out a nasty text to all the bridesmaids and canceled the big wedding and now is having a destination wedding with just her fiancé and their family." - Redditor MrsPottsBetch

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"One bride wanted a cake large enough to feed 500 and she wanted it to float."

"I work at a bakery and part of my job is to help pair couples with the correct designer for their cake.

One bride wanted a cake large enough to feed 500 and she wanted it to float. This multi-tiered cake was going to be filled with fresh berries and custard, covered with buttercream and fondant, and decorated with edible flowers and more fresh fruit. And she wanted us to somehow defy the laws of gravity/physics and make it float.

Apparently, she had seen a floating cake in an anime show and decided nothing else was acceptable. When I told her we can't make floating cakes, she threw her coffee on the floor and cried that we were ruining her wedding. Her fiancé ushered her out the door, and I never saw either of them again." - Redditor anonymousmousegirl

"She was grumpy and mean the whole ride until we got closer to the church."

"I was a bridesmaid in a friend's wedding and she was kind of a beast the morning of her wedding. She was stressed out and worried about time, and was taking it out on the bridal party and her parents, acting like a fussy little brat. Everyone had to be at her beck and call — which yeah, she's the bride, but you can still be nice to your friends while asking for help. No need to act like you're a queen ordering around slaves. She was in tears because her hair stylist was taking too long and upset because the sky was cloudy and she wanted good outdoor pictures. The mood in the room was bad and not fun or happy.

After we were all ready, the bride was still in a terrible mood and was starting to get in her dress. She wanted a forced posed picture of the bridal party oo'ing and aa'ing and standing around her while she stepped into her dress. Forcing a smile at that point was pretty hard.

Then we got into the limo to bring us to the church and she was getting mad at someone for passing around champagne, because she thought someone would spill on her dress. She was grumpy and mean the whole ride until we got closer to the church and she made her mother play 'Going to the Chapel' over the speakers and made us all sing for pictures." - Redditor sharkbaitooaha

"The bride was wasted by the time I started playing my set."

"I worked as a caterer and a wedding DJ for about 15 years. I was DJing a wedding in a shabby little reception hall out in the middle of the sticks for a redneck bride and groom.

The bride was wasted by the time I started playing my set (around 8 p.m.). She came up to me right away and told me that I need to play the song "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" like every four songs, and I try to tell her that its a bad idea but she insisted, so I agreed.

About an hour into the night I play the song for the tenth time and people in the crowd start to boo. Please note that every time I played the song I passed it off onto the bride by saying something like, 'Its time for a special request from the bride' as not to destroy my reputation.

So people boo and start walking off the dance floor. Bride sees this and loses her s---. She runs up to the stage and demands the mic. 'You dumb mother------- get back on this dance floor, or this f------ thing is done!' she wailed into the mic. Her guests ignore her.

She yells again and no one pays her any attention. She then marches over to the cake and gift table and flips it over, yelling 'EVERYONE GET THE F--- OUT OF MY WEDDING.' Her guests who did not seem all that surprised end up leaving. I still get paid so in the end it did not matter to much from my end but wow ... just wow." - Redditor itsalltruesteve